Politics
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GOP Senate Candidate’s Parents Donate Maximum Amount to His Democratic Rival
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson’s parents have decided that blood is not thicker than politics. That’s because they oppose their son’s political views so much that they donated the maximum amount allowed to his Democratic rival, current Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin. CBS News reports that Nicholson, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq…
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#MAGA: Trump Properties Needed 144 Employees, so They Hired 143 Foreign Guest Workers and 1 American
President Donald Trump is a roadside magician whose best trick is convincing the public that he actually has tricks. But all of Trump’s “magic” since taking office has been an obvious sleight of little hands. Oh, special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating my ties to Russia—time to start a Twitter war with North Korea. What’s…
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Trump’s Lawyer: I Paid the Porn Star $130,000 but That Doesn’t Mean She Had Sex With the President
President Donald Trump didn’t pay porn star Stormy Daniels in an attempt to hide their reported affair. Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, paid Stormy, née Stephanie Clifford, out of his own pocket, but he won’t say why she was paid or what she was paid for. Cohen also claims that he was not…
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Former White House Staffer Accused of Domestic Violence Was Being Considered for Promotion: Report
In a normal government like, say, Wakanda, a person with a history of domestic violence would not be able to ascend the ranks even as the FBI was denying said person security clearance. That person would not be allowed to date T’Challa’s fake daughter because he would have been banished from the kingdom. Sadly, though,…
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Why I, a Survivor of Police Violence, Find Jeff Sessions’ Remarks So Disturbing
In 2012 I was shot five times by Pittsburgh police. Although I survived, I was paralyzed and, soon thereafter, charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest, charges that were thrown out three years later. Since that fateful incident, which began as a “routine” traffic stop, I’ve chosen to use my platform as an activist and…
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Omarosa Fired From White House for Using Executive Car Service Like a Personal Uber: Report
Who didn’t see this coming? Seriously, I tried to warn y’all that Omarosa Manigault Newman was in the White House like the friend of the guy who got drafted first round in the NBA. You know the friend whose job it is to be the friend. He’s the guy who gets paid to coordinate the…
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The Trump Administration Wants to Bring Back Gov’ment Cheese, Blue Apron-Style
In a push to return to the good ol’ days of slavery, the Trump administration wants to cut funding to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka food stamps, and send recipients a box full of food that they didn’t ask for. According to NPR, the push to return to the horse-and-buggy era is just one…
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Racist Republican Running Against Paul Ryan Banned From Twitter
The Republican candidate vying for Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s congressional seat was kicked off wypipo Twitter Monday for posting a racist meme about actress and Prince Harry’s bride-to-be, Meghan Markle. You know how some white people are low-key racist? Well, Paul Nehlen is known for being high-key, shout-at-the-top-of-his-lungs racist. The “alt-right” candidate from…
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Claims Trump Supports Victims of Domestic Violence; His Tweets and Statements Say Otherwise
Last week, two White House staffers resigned from their positions amid allegations they had both physically and emotionally abused their former spouses. When it was revealed that both the FBI and White House officials knew about the allegations against both men, it raised questions as to why they were allowed to keep their jobs and…